Hayek saw the British philosophers Bernard Mandeville, David Hume, Adam Smith, Adam Ferguson, Josiah Tucker, Edmund Burke and William Paley as representative of a tradition that articulated beliefs in empiricism, the common law, and in traditions and institutions which had spontaneously evolved but were imperfectly understood.

He and other Scottish Enlightenment thinkers developed what he called a ' science of man ', which was expressed historically in works by authors including James Burnett, Adam Ferguson, John Millar and William Robertson, all of whom merged a scientific study of how humans behave in ancient and primitive cultures with a strong awareness of the determining forces of modernity.

* Ferguson, William.

For more information see William Scott Ferguson, ( 1911 ), Hellenistic Athens: An Historical Essay, page 185 .; and Tiziano Dorandi, Chronology in K. Algra et al., ( 2005 ), The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy, page 38.

* Ferguson, J., William Wallace: Guardian of Scotland., 1948.

Scottish Enlightenment thinkers developed what Hume called a ' science of man ' which was expressed historically in works by such as James Burnett, Adam Ferguson, John Millar and William Robertson, all of whom merged a scientific study of how humans behave in ancient and primitive cultures with a strong awareness of the determining forces of modernity.

* William Ferguson Massey – 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand ( from 1912 to 1925 ) was born and educated in the town before migrating.

* 1830 William Ferguson

A unique quality of the first Proctorian is that each member of the class held a position as yearbook staff: William Harrison, Editor-in-Chief ; Werl Smith, Assistant Editor ; Henry Eiler, Business Manager ; Royal Bouschor, Athletic Editor ; Ruby McTaggart, Cartoonist ; Ruth Barncard, Art Editor ; Ruth Carlson, Social Editor ; Brenda Stewart, Assistant Social Editor ; Hilda Ferguson Treasurer.

Ferguson was founded in 1894 by William B. Ferguson as a station for the Wabash Railroad.

A bust of William B. Ferguson, sculpted by William N. Duncan now sits in the lobby of the Ferguson City Hall.

1908 – 1909 William Ferguson ( R )

* William Ferguson

W. H. L. Wallace ( replacing Charles Ferguson Smith, disabled by a leg injury ), Stephen A. Hurlbut, William T. Sherman, and Benjamin M. Prentiss.

The creation of the group was inspired by the " brass-rock " ideas of The Buckinghams and its producer, James William Guercio, as well as the early 1960s Roulette-era Maynard Ferguson Orchestra ( according to Kooper's autobiography ).

It was written on 21 February 1872, by the Inspector of State Forests, William Ferguson, and was addressed to the Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Surveys, Clement Hodgkinson.

William Kunstler ( pictured ) and his law partner, Ron Kuby, agreed to provide Colin Ferguson free legal representation.

On March 1, 1994 William Kunstler and Ron Kuby, law partners known for representing unpopular clients, announced they had accepted a request by Ferguson to handle his case.

The IMAX system was developed by Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr, and William C. Shaw.

Robert Ferguson notes that " all our formative documents — the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers and the seminal decisions of the Supreme Court under John Marshall — were drafted by attorneys steeped in Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England.

He was a son of William Ferguson ( d. 1699 ) of Badifurrow, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and after receiving a good education, probably at the University of Aberdeen, became a Presbyterian ( Church of Scotland ) minister.

Sheeran, a lawyer and former FBI man is running against the Republican organization's candidate, Freeholder William MacDonald, for the vacancy left by the resignation of Neil Duffy, now a member of the State Board of Tax Appeals.

" Historian Donald described the speech as a " superb political move for an unannounced candidate, to appear in one rival's ( William H. Seward ) own state at an event sponsored by the second rival's ( Salmon P. Chase ) loyalists, while not mentioning either by name during its delivery.

He defeated William Randolph Hearst in the 1906 election to gain the position, and he was the only Republican statewide candidate to win office.

In their book The Fourth Turning, William Strauss and Neil Howe write of 1996 Presidential candidate Bob Dole as " not a person who could grok values in the now-dominant Boomer tongue ".

Van Buren was voted out of office after four years, losing to Whig candidate William Henry Harrison.

The revolt against Democratic rule led to the election of William Henry Harrison, the Whig candidate.

The original principal alternative candidate was Francis Bacon, but by the beginning of the twentieth century other candidates, typically aristocrats, were put forward, most notably Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland and William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby.

William Jennings Bryan, three-time presidential candidate for the Democrats, argued for the prosecution, while Clarence Darrow, the famed defense attorney, spoke for Scopes.

However, the ruling party comfortably won the elections amid widespread irregularities and its candidate Benjamin William Mkapa was subsequently sworn in as the new president of Tanzania in the country's ever multi-party election on 23 November 1995.

Taft easily defeated three-time candidate William Jennings Bryan.

Ironically, although President Jackson was able to secure fellow Democrat Martin Van Buren's election in the 1836 presidential election, Ohio voted for the Whig Party candidate and Ohio resident William Henry Harrison, despite Jackson's efforts to gain Ohioan support during the Toledo War.

In the 1836 elections, the party was not yet sufficiently organized to run one nationwide candidate ; instead William Henry Harrison was its candidate in the northern and border states, Hugh Lawson White ran in the South, and Daniel Webster ran in his home state of Massachusetts.

In late 1839, the Whigs held their first national convention and nominated William Henry Harrison as their presidential candidate.

Running against Republican incumbent William Howard Taft and Progressive (" Bull Moose ") Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt, a former President, Wilson was elected President as a Democrat in 1912.

William Jennings Bryan, the nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908, played a critical role in opposition to any candidate who had the support of " the financiers of Wall Street ".

In the contest for the Republican nomination, President William Howard Taft defeated former president Theodore Roosevelt, who then ran as a Bull Moose Party candidate, which assisted in Wilson's success in the electoral college.

" However, the abuse went both ways, as historian William Manchester noted: " above all, he should never have been subjected to the accusation of Henry Wallace, FDR's new vice-presidential candidate, that Willkie was the Nazis ' choice.

On January 6, 1797, Representative William L. Smith of South Carolina presented a resolution on the floor of the House of Representatives for an amendment to the Constitution by which the presidential electors would designate which candidate would be president and which would be vice-president.

Jackson won 219 of the 286 electoral votes cast, defeating Clay, the candidate of the National Republican Party, and Anti-Masonic Party candidate William Wirt.

As Democrats convened in Baltimore in June 1852, four major candidates vied for the nomination: Lewis Cass of Michigan, the nominee in 1848, who had the backing of northerners in support of the Compromise of 1850 ; James Buchanan of Pennsylvania, popular in the South as well as in his home state ; Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, candidate of the expansionists and the railroad interests ; and William L. Marcy of New York, whose strength was centered in his home state.

The Republican Party nominated John C. Frémont of California as its first presidential candidate ; Senator William H. Seward sought, but failed to receive the Republican nomination.

The United States presidential election held on November 3, 1896, climaxed an intensely heated contest in which Republican candidate William McKinley defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan in one of the most dramatic and complex races in American history.